I, Birbal Kumar Wadhera,having NS NIS Coaching Diploma from Patiala,India. AITA-ITF Level-2. Former USPTR-Pro, Former International white Badge Umpire having coaching experience of more than 15 years, is presently working as Lawn Tennis Coach on contract basis in the Directorate of Sports, Panjab University, Chandigarh w.e.f. 04.08.2014 till date.
My main results have come while travelling with players on tour as a travelling coach. Divij Sharan is the one of the finest example. He has won his maiden Profession Tennis tournament under my tenure in 2006 and at present he is worlds one of the best ATP double player having ATP ranking of 36.
My more achievements are listed below-:
- I am a skilled coach having the extensive experience of a National and International Coach for training the Tennis players who participated at National and International level Competitions.
- I was appointed the coach to train the Indian Universities Tennis team (Men & Women) for its participation in the World University Tennis Competition held at Chinese Taipei held in the month of Aug., 2017.
- I was selected as coach to train the top Tennis players of Pakistan by the Pakistan Tennis Federation. I am the only Indian coach who has conducted the training camp of Pakistan Tennis players.
- I was assigned the duty to perform as an Official during Grand Slams of Lawn Tennis like Wimbledon and Australian Open and also in many prestigious International events like Davis Cup, FED Cup etc. etc.
- Worked as Travelling Coach with DIVIJ SHARAN who represented India in the Davis Cup team and presently he has been ranked 51 at the ATP World Ranking Calendar in Doubles Event in the year 2017. He has also won gold medal in the Asian Games-2018 in Doubles Event partnering with RohanBhopana.
- Worked as Travelling Coach with Haadin Bava, who has won National Doubles Title in the Fenesta Open National Tournament held at New Delhi in the year 2017.In addition to that I have travelled as Coach and International Umpire in so many countries i.e. USA, England, Australia, Hongkong, Thailand, Korea, Vietnam, Dubai, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Romania, Tunisia, Uzbekistan, Doha, Sweden, Nigeria, Ghanna, Spain, Chinese Taipei.
- I also train the Panjab University Tennis teams for Men and Women who secured Gold Medal in the North Zone Inter-University Tennis Championship-2017-18. During the session 2016-17 Panjab University Tennis (Men) team third position in the All India Inter-University Championship.
I won’t bore you with my whole CV, but that gives you an idea about me. This website started as a way for me to keep track of my own ideas and methods, but is now also a good way to help other coaches out there – I’m always happy to learn from you as well though, so please comment and get involved.For my full CV please get onto next page.
Kind Regards
Birbal Wadhera